Nina Hagen

Catharina Nina Hagen is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and is often referred to as the Godmother of Punk due to her prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Nina Hagen was born in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and EvaMaria Hagen , an actress and singer. Her paternal grandfather died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and growing up, she saw her father infrequently. At age four, she began to study ballet, and was considered an opera prodigy by the time she was nine.

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